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Profile gives me a Range Rover vibe. I wonder how it looks in person, especially since it's supposed to be close to the size of the ESV. (Does this mean only one wheelbase option?)
Battery range is rather impressive too. Makes me wonder if or when there will be a Chevy/GMC version.
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19 hours ago, fuzzymoomoo said:
I think you misunderstood what I was saying. Because the 3.0 is going in the Raptor I think it stands to reason the 2.7 will probably be available too.
I sure did. My mind read "Raptor" as simply "Ranger." ??♂️
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On 7/28/2022 at 7:57 PM, fuzzymoomoo said:
It wouldn't surprise me. We already know the Raptor is getting the 3.0.Is Ford phasing out the 2.7EB? This makes it seem like it.
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16 minutes ago, bzcat said:
As others have mentioned, I think the number is approximately 0. Mavericks are not in stock, you had to have already ordered it to get one delivered. And if you ordered it 6 months ago, you probably were not in the market for a Ranger this month anyway.
Again, just my hunch but I think Ford is reducing Ranger production to make room for more Bronco and also not putting a lot of retail or wholesale incentives because it doesn't need to. In the old days, Ford would need to prop up sales near the end of production cycle with rebates but since it can keep the plant operating building Bronco, there is no need to flood the channel with Ranger to keep the plant utilization up. This is why building multiple products with staggered product cycle on the same line makes a lot of sense.
To you and others, those are valid points.
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On 5/4/2022 at 4:26 PM, bzcat said:
Ranger sales seems to have hit a rough patch... not sure if it is supply related (Ford building more Bronco and less Ranger) or demand related (Nissan Frontier is new and Toyota is pushing Tacoma aggressively)
There's no way to confirm this, but I do wonder how many folks come into the showroom looking for a Ranger and leave driving a shiny new Maverick.
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7 hours ago, 630land said:
Hardly anyone under 40 remembers the 1970-77 Maverick, so will be no association with 1970's cars. To Millennials, the 70's may as well be the 1930's, far far in the past.
6 hours ago, akirby said:
The 70s are to today as the 1920s were to the 70s.And the oldest millennials are either turning 40 this year or getting realllllllly close to it.
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"Not since 2005 to 2008, when General Motors tried to improve sales of its class-trailing minivans (the Buick Terraza, Chevrolet Uplander, Pontiac Montana SV6, and Saturn Relay) by hailing their SUV-ness, has an automaker gone through such pains to cast its minivan as an SUV-like vehicle.
That’s silly."The styling of those vans had nothing to do with their flagging sales. They just... sucked at everything.
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I'm quite impressed. Nothing about this sounds like a compromise to me, AND the styling is IMO extremely agreeable (especially compared to Tesla and Rivian).
Me thinking how I think, I'm saying "now do the Expedition!"
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5 hours ago, rperez817 said:
Yes sir, Kia is unifying vehicle model names globally. But they have no justification for using "MPV" to describe 2022 Carnival's category in the U.S. market.
Kia also retired the name Optima for its midsize sedan in the U.S. and is using the global K5 name instead. However, the Kia Motors America press release for K5 appropriately uses the word "sedan" to describe its category, not "saloon". 2021 Kia K5 Overview (kiamedia.com)
The K5 situation is a little different. "Sedan" is much more widely used than the (I believe) British-only "saloon."
From what I have experienced with the Sedona/Carnival, they've been positioning it as the "anti-minivan" since the last generation, and I guess to them this is the next logical step. Whether it's successful remains to be seen.
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3 hours ago, rperez817 said:
Yes sir papilgee4evaeva. Similar to "wagon" in the U.S. market versus "estate" in other parts of the world. Or "sedan" vs "saloon".
That's what makes Kia's use of "MPV" for a U.S. market product so silly. Very few American car buyers are familiar with rest of the world terms "MPV", "estate", and "saloon" as vehicle types.
Me, I see it as Kia standardizing everything across the board, just as how they're retiring the name "Sedona" in order to the global "Carnival."
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On 4/27/2021 at 11:43 AM, rperez817 said:
Yes sir LookingToBuyAFord. The "SUV inspired" styling elements for Carnival are silly and contrived. Also, Kia Motors America's use of "MPV" rather than minivan to describe the vehicle in its marketing materials is silly as well.
If you can get past those 2 items, Kia Carnival has a lot of substance, including the most spacious interior among all minivan models currently offered in the U.S. market.
What we call minivans, much of the rest of the world calls MPVs.
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6 minutes ago, valve said:
The interior looks badly dated already. The exterior isn't bad, the front end has a bit of a futuristic look but definitely screams Nissan.
It's the interior they should have had maybe 8 years ago, but considering they're just now getting away from the interior that looks like it came from over 15 years ago.....
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6 minutes ago, silvrsvt said:
I'm also gonna assume the CT doesn't have super wide ass tires in the back like the GT500 either.
295 in the CTSV, 315 in the GT500.
Just read that the CT5 Blackwing has 305 in the rear (edit: right before rperez posted his figures)... apparently they might have learned something.
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This segment is about to get interesting again.
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3 hours ago, silvrsvt said:
But RWD! LOL
The GT500 doesn't have AWD either and has more power.
One of the complaints about the last CTS-V (at least in a Car and Driver comparo) was that it couldn't put all 640 horses down and thus got passed by heavier and less-powerful cars. It will be interesting to see if this car does a better job of it... but even still, without AWD Cadillac still isn't gonna catch ze Germans that it insists on chasing.
Conversely, Mustang isn't in a segment where AWD is prevalent, so no issues there.
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I like the specs, but not having AWD with all that power is a head-scratcher.
Almost as much a head-scratcher as trying to claim that these model lines compete in a class below where they really do.
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The YouTube reviewers are also sharing their impressions.
Redline Reviews drove both the King Ranch and the XLT, both with the Powerboost.
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On 2/14/2020 at 5:00 PM, AGR said:
Not to bring positivity to this bash GM thread, but it's not a total loss. The 5.5L DOHC V8 that will be in the new Corvette Z06 and ZR1 is reportedly a bored out version of the Blackwing V8.
Not according to GM themselves.
QuoteA GM spokesperson also told Jalopnik the DOHC V8 is not related to the Cadillac Blackwing engine family, nor is it based on any other current GM engine.
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I generally like Escalades, and this one isn't bad at all.
I don't like the narrow horizontal headlights though on such a big vehicle though.
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At the root of the problem was Ford’s decision to use dry clutch technology for the transmission. The guts of a dual-clutch transmission are more like a manual than a conventional automatic transmission, but the driver does not have to shift gears. These transmissions can improve fuel economy and weigh less than a conventional automatic – and also are less expensive to build.
There are two kinds of dual-clutch transmissions: wet-clutch and dry-clutch. The difference is whether oil lubricates the clutches. The DPS6 was a dry-clutch design.
“What in the world are you thinking going with a dry clutch?” one engineer asked. “The friction coefficient is inconsistent, and it creates problems. But this was someone’s baby. If a manager came up with an idea, people would be afraid to say no. At first, it was just on paper. Someone should have said something. They should have. The idea should’ve been killed. No one knew how it was even considered – and then implemented – in the Focus and Fiesta.
So someone DID raise this issue during development. FWIW, I feel a little better knowing that not everyone in the building was in lock-step with the dry-clutch design.
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On 12/6/2019 at 10:05 PM, Steve557 said:
Ford deserves every bit of flack for these piles of crap. We were an all Ford family until my parents bought my sister a new 2012 Focus as a graduation present and the transmission was a pile, now driving Honda’s and Nissan’s.
Wait... what?
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1 minute ago, akirby said:
Choice, yes but I would argue the 3.5LEB is better than the GM V8s.
I haven't driven any of the newer engines, but the 3.5EB does appear to be better on paper.
Ford could easily offer the 2.7EB or the 5.0 as a lesser option in the Expy, at least. They just... don't.
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On 12/5/2019 at 1:32 PM, rmc523 said:
I use mine daily. But obviously if you don't have a garage door, you don't need a homelink thing. I'd be incredibly disappointed if they got rid of it.
That said, I wonder if they could integrate that system into the SYNC screen - instead of the physical button on the visor, you'd have "homelink" buttons on a menu in the center screen.
THAT'S thinking!
Someone write Hackett and get him on this!
At the house we moved into earlier this year, the garage only came with 1 remote. We drive 3 vehicles and routinely use the garage doors, so of course Homelink is a necessity for us.
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The only advantage the GM SUVs have over the Ford ones is powertrain choice. Definitely not looks.
Ford’s Self-Clogging 1.0-Liter EcoBoost Engine Is Finally Getting Recalled
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^ That's one of my favorite channels! Though I haven't watched that particular video yet.
Any reason why Ford went with a belt and not a chain on the oil pump? Besides being cheap?